I'm just the submitter. The author of this amazing piece is actually one of the top 10 HN contributors: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm

Some of the best startup options/acquisitions info I've read from HN community, along with the comments on this[1] thread, and ChuckMcM's comments[2]

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2623182

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4425364